Joseph conner



STATES PATENT OFFICE.

JOSEPH course, or new YORK, N. Y.

SI RU P-GAGE.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 384,680, dated June 19 1888.

Application filed January 27, 1888. Serial No. 262,142. (No model.)

To all whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, JOSEPH OONNER, of New York city, New York, have invented a new and Improved sirup-Gage, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to a sirup-gage adapted to be attached to a bottle filling machine, and so constructed that the sirup and the charged fluid are received within a common chamber of the gage before being discharged.

The-invention consists in the Various features of improvement, more fully pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings, Figure 1 is vertical central section of my improved sirupgage on the line 00 m, Fig. 2. Fig. 2 is a cross section on line 3 3 Fig. 1, partlyin side view. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the gage. Fig. 4 is a face view of block r.

The letter a represents a cylindrical case or drum that may be closed by a'cover,a. VVithin the drum there is placed a coil of a flexible tube, 1), one end of which is secured to an inlet, 0, and the other being connected to an outlet, d. The inlet 0 communicates with the vessel containing sirup. The outlet d communicates with a tubular projection, e, that in turn connects with an enlarged receivingchamber, f, as shown. This receiving-chamber is adapted to be connected at its end f with the filling-machine. The mouth of tube 0, where it enters chamber f, is closed by' a suitable check-valve, 9, that is held against its seat by spring h.

t is the inlet for the charged fluid. This inlet communicates by passagej with chamber f, the mouth of passage j being closed by a check-valve, 7c, pressed against its seat by spring Z. The stem mot valve k projects above the circumference of drum to, as shown in Fig. 3.

Diametrically across the drum a there is hung ashaft, n, to which there is secured,within the drum a, adisk, 0, having bearings 11 for a roller, 9 This roller compresses tube 1) on rotation of shaft n. The shaft 12 is provided This The operation of the device is as follows:

The crank-handle t, being revolved toward the left in the ordinary manner, will swing loosely on the shaft n until it strikes the nose 8. On a further revolution of the handle it will now, by nose 8, (keyed, as described, to shaft 1a,) re volve the shaft n with it. The revolution of shaft n will cause roller q to travel along and compress the tube 1), and thus the sirup will be forced along tube b in front of roller q until the sirup is finally discharged into tube e,with a pressure that will open valve g and force the sirup into chamber 1. When the cam 11. comes in line with valvestem m, it will depress valve is against the action of its spring, and it will permit charged liquid to likewise enter cham-' ber f. From the chamber f both the sirup and the charged liquid will be discharged through the outlet f by the pressure of the charged liquid. If the crank-handle t is revolved in the opposite direction-that is, toward the right for a limited distance-it will open valve 7c,- but it will not rotate shaft on, because the handle will not, for almost a complete revolution, come into contact with noses. Thus the charged liquid may be admitted to the chamber f without admitting the sirup, which is frequently desirable.

It will be seen that by my invention 1 dispense with the pistons usually required in sirup-gages, and which are objectionable on account of the lubricants required. and on account of friction and packing. Moreover, my gage causes the sirup and charged liquid to thoroughly mix before they enter the fillingmachine.

Vhat I claim is 1. The combination of drum a with the flexible tube I) contained therein, and with a revolving shaft carrying roller q and provided with handle 15, carrying cam 20, and with a mix ing-chamber, f, having a pair of inlet-ports, the'port for admitting sirup communicating with the flexible tube b, and with a pair of valves controlling the inlet-ports, the valve in rob the port for admitting charged liquid being operated by cam u on the revolving handle t, substantially as specified.

2. The combination of a drum having a central shaft with a handle for rotating said shaft and carrying a cam, and with a flexible tube and a roller for compressing said tube, and with a mixing-chamber having two inletports, one of which communicates with the flexible tube, while the other port is provided with a valve having a projecting valve-stem that is engaged by the cam, substantially as specified.

3. The combination of drum a with the flexible tube 1), and with central squared shaft n, hung across the" drum and carrying roller (1, and with the block 1, having nose 8, and fitted on shaft n, and with the handle t, hung loosely on said shaft, and with a mixing-cham- JOSEPH (BONNER.

Witnesses:

ALFRED J ONGHMANS, JERE S. THOMPSON. 

